Here are today's actionable insights for better communications:

1. Argentina Election 2023: Javier Milei, a far-right libertarian, performed worse than polls predicted and will face Sergio Massa, Argentina's economy minister, in a run-off election on November 19.

2. Today, Emmanuel Macron visited Israel.

3. According to Yoav Gallant, Israel's defense minister, The Israel Defense Forces' operation to remove Hamas could take months.

4. The State Department told non-essential staffers at the US Embassy in Iraq to leave due to increased threats.

5. According to the British defense ministry, 190,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or maimed in the Ukraine war. Some analysts have suggested the ratio of severely injured to killed Russian soldiers in Ukraine could be as high as 1.7 to 1.

6. Turkey's president submits a bill to ratify Sweden's NATO membership: Erdoğan signs protocol and sends it to the Turkish parliament after agreeing to Sweden's membership at the NATO summit in July.

7. Australian PM Anthony Albanese arrives at the White House for an official visit today.

8. Argentina holds the world's third-largest lithium reserves. Along with its neighbors Chile and Bolivia, the three countries make up the "lithium triangle," which is estimated to account for 50% to 60% of the world's lithium reserves.

9. In 2022, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon spent a combined $198.9 billion on research and development, while the Pentagon spent $132 billion on testing and evaluating new weapons and tools.

11. Japan is investigating Google over alleged antitrust violations.

12. Microsoft to invest $3.2 billion to boost AI and tech in Australia.

13. Chevron to buy Hess for $53 billion.

14. Within a few days of Lionel Messi's move to Miami announcement, Adidas received almost 500,000 requests from stores and suppliers for the Inter Miami jersey.

15. On Sunday, Max Verstappen won his 50th F1 race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, TX.

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-Marc